The IZA/FCDO online short course on research skills for Sub-Saharan Africa took place on 17 and 18 December 2020. The event was attended by 250 participants from 33 African countries. The course consisted of teaching videos and an online Q&A. The lectures covered several relevant topics for researchers and were given by Oriana Bandiera (London…
Uncategorized
Call of Interest on COVID-19 in Low-Income Countries
The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global crisis with short- and long-term implications for health, the economy, and social relations. The negative impacts of the crisis are expected to be more pronounced in developing countries. Therefore, there is an urgent need for policymakers in these countries to monitor the extent of the spread…
The new GLMLIC synthesis report on the demography of the labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa is now available
The world is projected to add 3.1 billion people to the total population and 1.4 billion people to the working-age population between 2020 and 2100. Almost all of the additional working-age people will be added in Sub-Saharan Africa, a dramatic change from previous decades when the growth of the working-age population was concentrated in Asia….
A GLM|LIC project launches high-resolution dataset of India
The GLM|LIC project Urban Geography of Entrepreneurship and Growth in India led by Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College) and Sam Asher (the World Bank), has recently launched The Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic Platform for India (SHRUG), facilitating data sharing between researchers working on India. The repository includes a comprehensive set of data comprising of India’s 500,000…
Application of the IZA/DFID Short Course on Program Evaluation is Open
The IZA/DFID Program on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries is sponsoring a conference on “Labor Markets in South Asia” on December 5-6, 2019.This will be followed by a two-day “IZA/DFID Short Course on Program Evaluation” on December 7-8. The course is designed for postgraduate students, faculty members, and early career researchers in…
G²LM|LIC
The Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) programme is sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and managed by the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). It has a budget of more than £10 million over 5 years to fund innovative research proposals on the link between jobs and poverty, gender-specific…
Rural Roads and Local Economic Development
A GLM|LIC research project conducted by economists Sam Asher (World Bank) and Paul Novosad (Dartmouth College) evaluates the impacts of India’s $40 billion national rural road construction program (PMGSY) on village labour and goods markets. Prior research suggested that road infrastructure benefited rural economies in a broad range of ways, but few of these studies…
Wage Growth and Social Security Reform
Given the high urban unemployment rate in Ethiopia, it is crucial to understand the impact of the pension reform on the private sector’s ability to create better quality jobs as well as its implications on productivity and wages. Admasu Shiferaw (College of William and Mary), Måns Söderbom (University of Gothenburg), Arjun Bedi (Erasmus University Rotterdam…
IZA/DFID Conference on Labour Markets and Short Course on Program Evaluation in Eastern Africa
On the 6 and 7 December 2018, IZA and DFID hosted the conference on Labour Markets in Eastern Africa: Evidence and Policy Lessons at the UNECA Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The goal of this conference is to bring together academic researchers, policy makers, and representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations engaged in labour market…
Wages and Structural Change in Zimbabwe’s Manufacturing Sector
Manufacturing has experienced dramatic structural change and economic shocks in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean formal and informal manufacturing firms operate in an environment of economic volatility and policy uncertainty. The challenges to growth and recovery are severe and require rigorous economic analysis drawing on a detailed understanding of the field and relevant high-quality data. Two policy briefs…